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.. <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />November 8, 2006 <br />Don MacDonald <br />Coors Energy Company <br />P.O. Box 467 <br />Golden, CO 80402 <br />Re: Keenesburg Mine, C-1981-028, SL3 and RNS, Bond Liability Corrections <br />Dear Mr, MacDonald: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />- &- <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Catlany <br />Division DIfeC[Or <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />In response to your telephone call yesterday, November 7, 2006, the Division reviewed the Bond Release Decision <br />forms for Permit Renewal No. S (RNS) and Bond Release No. 3 (SL3). During this review we found that the SL3 <br />Bond Release decision form did not reflect the correct reclamation liability value following the bond release. The <br />Division approved bond release of $130,189.80 with SL3. During the review of SL3 the Division found that <br />$27,384,00 that had been approved with TR32 bond reduction, had been inadvertently added back into the <br />Division's liability tracking database. As stated in the SL3 findings document, the Division intended to correct the <br />$27,384.00 error in conjunction with SL3. Unfortunately, although this correction was noted in the SL3 findings <br />document, the correction did not carry over into the Division's database. <br />Please find a corrected Bond Release Decision form for SL3 documenting the corrected reclamation liability for the <br />Keenesburg Mine upon approval of SL3 as $2,310,380.20. <br />The SL3 liability correction changes the RNS Permit Renewal Decision forth as well. The Division's reclamation <br />cost estimate conducted July 27, 2006 found the remaining reclamation liability at the Keenesburg Mine to be <br />$2,327,437.00. This value reflects an increase of $17,056.80 from the previous liability value of $2,310,380.20. <br />Please find a corrected Permit Renewal Decision form for RNS documenting the corrected reclamation liability for <br />the Keenesburg Mine upon approval of RNS as $2,327,437.00. <br />Please call me ifyou have any questions <br />Sincerely, <br />Binns <br />03) <br />Protection Specialist <br />cc: Dan Hernandez, DMG <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines <br />